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- Blue swimming crab model village launched in Manapla(Panay News, Inc., 2024-09-30)A model village for blue swimming crab (BSC) was launched in Barangay Tortosa, Manapla, Negros Occidental on Friday, September 27. The BSC Adopt-a-Village Project is a public-private-community partnership initiated as a pilot implementation of the BSC National Management Plan which aims to ensure the sustainability of crab resources and increase community engagement in the conservation and protection of the commodity and improvement of seafood watch rating.
- Filipino aquaculture workers join ‘FishKwela’Rios, Dimple (Panay News, Inc., 2020-10-17)Learning online isn’t just for students, it is also for the country’s aquaculture extension workers who listened to lectures and practical sessions on milkfish and mangrove crab culture via an online platform. Forty-eight participants, mostly staff of the Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) from the different administrative regions, recently completed the FishKwela Training Course to enhance their skills on the hatchery production of milkfish and mangrove crab. The training course was the first technology and commodity-based online training course prepared by the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC/AQD) in collaboration with the National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI).
- City Hall, BFAR partner on mudcrab farmingPequierda, Beatriz Angelica (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2020-02-20)The Iloilo City Government and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) Regional Office 6 have partnered for mudcrab farming. This, after Mayor Jerry P. Treñas and City Agriculturist’s Office in-charge Engr. Noel Z. Hechanova, signed Feb. 18 a Memorandum of Agreement with BFAR-6 Assistant Regional Director Carlito Delfin and Iloilo Provincial Fisheries Officer-in-Charge Erwin E. Ilaya. The metropolis is one of the project sites of “Sustainable Livelihood Mudcrab Fattening Culture Through Aquasilviculture (integration of aquaculture with mangroves).”
- BFAR bans harvest of juvenile mangrove crabs, spiny lobstersOchave, Revin Mikhael D. (BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation, 2020-04-27)The Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) said it has banned the harvest of juvenile mangrove crabs and spiny lobsters to prevent overfishing and implemented a registration system for fishermen harvesting these resources. In two separate fisheries administrative orders, the BFAR sought to regulate the trade in the two species, and required members of this fishery, including growers and collectors, to be registered with and certified by their local governments. “The catching of their juveniles and fry are intended for aquaculture seed stock that will be cultured for grow-out and harvested for food. Others, at the very minimum, are harvested for research purposes,” BFAR Information Officer Nazario C. Briguera said in an e-mail.
- Crabifier app to help identify mangrove crabGahon, Shirley T. (Philippine Business Daily Mirror Publishing, Inc., 2019-08-12)Crabifier, a mobile app that identifies mangrove crab species at the juvenile stage, was recently launched. This mobile application was developed by the Technologies for Biodiversity Use and Conservation (TechBiodive) Unit of the De La Salle University (DLSU). It is an output of the mangrove crab project, “Integrating Genomics with Image Analysis and Geographic Information System Technology for Improved Rearing of Mudcrabs,” funded by the Philippine Council for Agriculture, Aquatic and Natural Resources Research and Development of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-PCAARRD). Headed by Dr. Ma. Carmen Ablan-Lagman and Dr. Chona Camille Vince Cruz-Abeledo of DLSU, the team that developed the app includes Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center experts Dr. Ma. Rowena Eguia, Ann Francesca Laguna and Courtney Anne Ngo. The launch, which was held at the Multipurpose Hall, Bro. Andrew Gonzales, FCS, Hall, DLSU in July also launched another app, Biodiversity and Threats Monitoring App, BioMon.
- Leyte-Samar crab growers in dire need of hatchery(Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2019-05-30)CRAB growers in Leyte and Samar provinces cry out for help from Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) and Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (BFAR) to support the crab industry by providing crab hatchery in the region. The concern of crab growers were raised during the SEAFDEC-BFAR consultation with them in Lavesares, Northern Samar and Guiwan, Eastern Samar. Joy Huervana, SEAFDEC/AQD hatchery expert, hinted that in order to help Samareños at the same time adhering to the law prohibiting wild collection of crablet, a crab hatchery may be put up which BFAR regional training coordinator Norberto Berida totally agreed with.
- RP aquaculture sector benefits from BFAR-SEAFDEC programFernandez, Rudy A. (Philippine Star Printing Co., Inc., 2002-06-02)The country's aquaculture sector continues to benefit considerably from a program jointly being implemented by a government agency and a Southeast Asian center. Called Joint Mission for Accelerated Nationwide Technology Transfer Program (JMANTTP), the undertaking was launched in January 1999 by the Department of Agriculture-Bureau of Fisheries and Aquatic Resources (DA-BFAR) and the government-hosted Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center Aquaculture Department (SEAFDEC AQD) based in Tigbauan, Iloilo. The program was convinced to make available technologies developed at SEAFDEC AQD to its host country, the Philippines.
- El Niño seen dampening seaweed, crab productionConserva, Louine Hope (BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation, 2015-10-06)Production of seaweed and mud crabs is expected to decrease due to the higher temperatures brought about by the prevailing El Niño. Production of seaweed and mud crabs is expected to decrease due to the higher temperatures brought about by the prevailing El Niño. Officials of the Southeast Asian Fisheries Development Center (SEAFDEC) said both seaweed and mud crabs cannot thrive in water temperatures higher than 32 degrees centigrade. “Normal temperature is about 30 degrees centigrade, but right now it has increased to 32. Longer exposure to higher temperature would be damaging (for seaweed),” said Maria Rovilla J. Luhan, SEAFDEC associate scientist and head of the Farming Systems and Ecology Section.
- Crablets released as Tagum boosts soft-shell crab production, aquacultureCarillo, Carmencita (BusinessWorld Publishing Corporation, 2016-01-14)Travelers entering Tagum City from Davao City, about 45 kilometers to the southwest, are greeted by a massive bronze-colored statue of a traditional bangka boat with fisherfolk aboard: a symbol of Tagum’s commitment to develop the aquaculture industry, even as it advances as the second urban hub in the Davao Region. One of the main products being fostered in the city, the capital of Davao del Norte, is the high-value soft-shell mud crab, found both in crab farms and in the Tagum’s protected mangroves.
- PCAARRD project promotes mud crab hatchery and nursery technologiesAya, Rose Anne M. (Daily Guardian Multi-Media Services, Inc., 2018-05-03)Mud crab farming has long been established in the Philippines. In fact, the country is the second top producer in the world. As most mud crab farmers rely on crab seeds from the wild, reduced landings and mean capture size are experienced by farmers due to over exploitation. To address this, mud crab farmers raise crabs in hatcheries.